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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexnaoumi:
hello all, today, i just bought my new HTC Hero from Sprint. i came home and manually updated to 2.1 (the one ending in .5) and it was successful. i installed unrevoked from the site and it was rooted correctly and in my termial i was granted SU permissions. i accidentally wiped the phone in recovery so i reinstalled unrevoked and it says my phone is rooted, but when i type SU in the terminal, it says PERMISSION DENIED and i do NOT get any prompt asking about super users. is there anything i can do to fix this, i really need help. thank u in advanced
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szainmehdi:
If you still have access to recovery, flash a custom rom like Fresh or Darchdroid.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexnaoumi:
since i did it thru unrevoked it really didnt come with any type of recovery. im trying to gain SU permissions so i can flash the amon ra 1.5.2 and install the fresh rom...but im stuck...when i reboot to recovery its a white screen that asks "wipe phone data"
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexnaoumi:
i got it, but thanks for ur help. i decided to follow XDA's guide. time to enjoy my hero! :) :) :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] athanos:
Glad you got it worked out. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] doaneramma:
I thought I had made a thread for this a while ago, but can not find it. Sorry if its a repost.

What I was wondering is whether or not someone who had an app, or the skilz to make an app, that can take a sample of an mp3/wma/ogg/flac/etc file, match it on say shazam or something then update the ID3 tag with the pulled info. With the option for it just to rename them automatically, or ask for your approval of changes. Much like how Album Art Grabber gets your artwork for you on mass, with little or no manual intervention. This would be great for a few reasons.

I have been finding myself using mp3 download apps on my phone a lot now, more so than my comp and these files are usually incomplete at best. a way to get these, then run this app to fix discrepancies would be awesome!

Its not that I'm lazy, I just have 10+ years of tunes on my external and a lot of them didn't get tags back in the day. Plus after that long, uploads, downloads, 4 computers, iTunes (ARGH!!! I HATE ITUNES!!!!!!) renaming and reorganizing have some in a mess. So when I transfer them, they usually all show up unknown, null, or DGOI.mp3. And renaming & tagging 1000s of songs one by one is not how I want to spend a week.

Hope this sparks an idea, or someone can point me in the direction of one that already exists. I'm sure one does for a PC, but I don't use mine for media other than movies. My phone is my music machine. If a PC solution is the only way so be it.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jakeneal22:
I don't know of an app that can do this but maybe someone could take the method that the app ,"MP3 Download", uses. First you search for a song and can preview then you can choose to download it. Once you have downloaded it you can goto edit tags and it has a download button... I don't know what database it uses or how it is configured but it will give you album art and is usually correct. I think it has to have the album name though.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] doaneramma:
Thanks! I'll try that on there, and my old iMusic Tao apk I still have.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] :
Mixzing pro can do this;)

JD
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yayramen:
I walked into Tmobile, happy as I could be,

and thought to browse the phones.

I saw the the new Mytouch Slide, right next to the old 3G,

But then I spotted the Vibrant alone.

I sauntered on over, picked it up with a laugh,

Because my Nexus couldn't be beat.

And yet I hit the screen, and the response was so fast,

That I was struck with thoughts of defeat.

But my pride wouldn't wane, so I thought of a test,

That I quickly put into place.

I snatched both phones, to put this to rest,

and switched wallpapers to Ocean Waves.

Timing it perfectly, I tapped both phones

to watch the waves expand.

With Launcher Pro Plus, I would surely own,

All tasks were killed by command.

But alas, the Vibrant beat the Nexus fair,

and glum, I walked out of the store.

And a lonely thought followed me out from there,

My Nexus Isn't Fast Anymore. :(
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blueman101:
because the hummingbird processor is a tiny bit better then the snapdragon, and the dedicated gpu in the vibrant is what made the waves easier to render and thus the framerate was increased. As for the touch, the vibrant and most newer android phones use the synaptic 3 sensor, the second version (the one in the nexus) was kinda ****ty. Its not that the nexus is slow, its that it is being surpassed, as all technology does eventually, what is important is how long the technology performs up to the users standards. If the neuxs one is still prefectly fast for you it wont matter if a quad core android phone comes out, as long as it performs to your expectations.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yayramen:
Yeah, I know all that. I just figured since I was all overclocked and fancy, it would have

some competition. Honestly, I just felt like writing a poem about it xD. I'm weird like that.

It's probably the first poem anyone has ever written about comparing two android phones.

But I know all of that, and I actually wasn't expecting mine to be faster. And, like I

keep telling myself, for a phone that came out 6 months ago (which we all know is

two years in technology time) it still holds its own QUITE well, and I'm proud of that.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrinklefree:
Just wait till the vibrant gets froyo
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Azerate:
Basically i want my Android phone to stop responding to ping requests.

I tried searching but i found no solution to this matter.

Has anyone done this? What's the easiest solution to permanently prevent the phone from responding to ping requests?

My phone is rooted and running 2.1 if that helps.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] athurh:
You can use iptables:

iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -j REJECT
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Azerate:
Thanks for the reply!

This works great until i restart my phone.

What would be the best way to store this setting permanently?

I tried searching for an iptables config file but i couldn't find any.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] athurh:
iptables has no config file, you need run a script with all rules.

In the market you can find Autostart (root) to run a script at boot.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Azerate:
I downloaded Autostart and then ran the following commands:

su
mkdir /data/opt
echo "iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -j REJECT" > /data/opt/autostart.sh

Then i rebooted, pressed "Allow Always" for Autostart and rebooted once more.

Still i can ping my phone. Did i do anything wrong? Any more suggestions?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] athurh:
Check the rules with 'iptables -L -nv'

If nothing, try with the full path to iptables on the script (/system/xbin/iptables) and 'chmod 755 /data/opt/autostart.sh'
[Captivate General] androidftwin:
If i turn on wifi and am connected to my router, does it automatically stop the data plan from running? In other words, when I go on websites or use the facebook ap, is it using my wifi instead of my data plan?
[Captivate General] phrebh:
Yep. You can confirm it by noticing that the arrows under «3G» aren't lit.
[Captivate General] androidftwin:
Thanks. I do notice that the 3G went away. So will I be able to download apps through the android market using the wifi too? This whole limited 2g data plan has gotten me scared hahah. But thanks for the quick reply.
[Android Apps and Games] rogro82:
ShorterCut allows you to add customized shortcuts to any application that allows adding of shortcuts (e.g. your desktop).

Icon support:

GDE iconpacks

BetterCut iconpacks

OpenHome/Ahome/PandaHome theme icons

Icons from SD card

It also allows you to easily create toggles for settings like wifi/bluetooth.

You can also create your own shortcuts by editing the shortcuts intent.

It is now available in the Android market.

Search for "PinkVenture" or "ShorterCut".

Let me know if you like it!
[Android Apps and Games] crobo:
I think i would like it, but i cant know, because the only way to pay in my country is with a creditcard!!!!! :@:@:@
[Android Apps and Games] crobo:
I think i would like it, but i cant know, because the only way to pay in my country is with a creditcard!!!!! :@:@:@

i would pay the double price for it, if i could get the app
[Android Apps and Games] 0ftal:
I would also pay, if i could, but unfourtenetly, it's blocked currently for Israelis =[
[Android Apps and Games] egzthunder1:
Hi,

Please refer to forum rules. You cannot post on XDA with the intent to sell your work. You may require donations or in the case of Android apps, you can either share it with the community or you could offer a free version (lite).
[Captivate General] ewingr:
I have Beautiful Widgets Home with weater, and the Beautiful Weather Live wallpaper. It is really cool.

But, there is no way to configure who to use for a weather provider, and it is not even close. Maybe my expectations are too high, but I don't think so.

I have it set to update every hour. And over the past 2 hours it has dropped from low 90s to 74, and has been raining for 90 min or so.

the weather on the home says 95 degrees, and the live weatehr page shows brigh sunny, with white clouds going by.

Anyone having better luck with this?

[EDIT]

I think maybe I figured it out. We'll see after some changing weather.

But I had it checked on settings to use GPS. But, GPS doesn't come in inside the house, so it had wrong location. Even thought Geolocation was set too. But I unchecked the GPS, and saved it, and it appears to have the weather right for the live wallpaper.

Anyone know how geolocation works? (I think I'm remering the name of it right).
[Captivate General] acespaid:
i am also having a problem with the Widget and live wallpaper updating. The sun rises and sets and it gets dark but my Temp is not updating and we just had a crazy storm here and it still says sunny....any help?
[Captivate General] jhnstn00:
I had fancy Widgets which had weather but it was off by 4 or 5 degrees F.

Got rid of it. Using just digotal clock now. Simple and no wrong info.
[Captivate General] acespaid:
i must have changed something....can someone post some good settings? This is one of the most downloaded apps so i must just be screwing something up.
[Captivate General] Bjd223:
I know that time stops updating if you use a task killer and kill beautiful widgets. I imagine this applys to the weather also.
[Captivate General] mkoby:
I think this is an issue that the LevelUp Studio people are aware of. According to this tweet, it sounds like they're going to release an update that uses a new weather data provider.
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
It's a problem with Google's weather service. Every app and widget that pulls data from Google's weather services has been having problems for a while now. That's why they will be switching to a new provider.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
Until I can get a cool clock/weather app that works correctly, I will use it. Until then, I use retro clock and Weather Bug.
[Captivate General] cbk.o4:
Beautiful widgets has been updated to use accuweather.com for forcasts now.
[Captivate General] gr1fter:
This is correct and works great now.
[Captivate General] jasonsf:
I'm having weather updating issues with the current Beautiful Widgets. Anyone else? No task killer running. Using Accuweather. Manually clicking update does nothing. Would be nice if it showed a last updated timestamp. I can click to weather details and I see that Accuweather has different weather than the widget.

Does the developer have an official support channel? Can't find one and he never responded to a twitter request.
[Captivate General] ewingr:
I think they may have. I just tried to find it by going to their links in Appbrain, but only found a home page with no method there to communicate to them.

But at this link on Appbrain, there is an icon to click where you can email them. I have no idea if you will get support or response.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Untraceable:
hello guys ..

after flashing so many rom's i have tried to connect my bluetooth headset .. but can't hear the phone calls and the music as well the bluetooth head phones is working on the htc desire official rom and its not working on my samsung galaxy s rooted.. Any Ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
did you pair the headset to the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Seifer1975:
I have been using bluetooth first day I had the phone and never had any problem. Well...1 slight problem. The bluetooth will drop the connection sometimes during the day, and I have to manually pair them again when that happens. This is quite irritating though as I usually found out when someone called and I cannot answer using the headset. I take all calls using the headset BTW. I am using the SE DS980 headset.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Untraceable:
yeah i did .. well maybe the other bluetooth speakers for phone calls is working .. but my bluetooth speaker can play stereo music maybe thats why its not working .. maybe coz i root the device and i changed the rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Untraceable:
well if your using the official rom .. then it will work for sure .. coz it was working before i change rom's .. after that its dead.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Seifer1975:
When you go to the bluetooth settings, click-hold your bluetooth headset until the context menu pop-up, select options. Do you see a tick on the "Phone"?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Untraceable:
yeah i see to ticks ... on the phone and on the media all ticks.. i think i the media only is not working .. but the phone calls is ok.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
then try another ROM if you used a custom rom
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dwengo:
I use a bluetooth stereo headset for when i go jogging, no problems. Is your headset a certified headset? (not samsung certified, but Bluetooth certified) Does it support V2 +? If not then its not compatible as the SGS supports from bluetooth 2 to 3
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Orenk:
Hi

Since SKYFIRE is no longer supported in my country, I'm looking for a new browser that is able to surf the net, and has integrated video support

I Used to watch YOUTUBE,,

Which browser is capable to surf the net and youtube ?

I Tried OPERA, it does not support Video...

Thanks

Oren
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] docles2002:
Try Uzard browser. Download beta version at www.uzard.com Go to "select site" at lower right corner and select enlglish web.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mykeldrip:
so i just flashed enomthers rom i like the little tweaks on it! but im not sure there are still some things missing i am wanting like a black notification bar and a clear drop down notification bar so when i pull it down i see what on my screen instead of the gray...is there any way to keep this rom and have those things?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
Yes, look in the themes section.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjhay22:
Or you can go back to enomthers thread and flash the new ROM pre themed with Nextheme.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scintillahx:
Hey I don't know which version of Enom's ROM you are using...but in the theme and app section, there's a theme for black status bar...

You can try to nandroid backup first and then flash that them and check it out:)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparksalot:
So i'm having a few issues with ClockwordMod and/or ROM Manager

from within ROM Manager when I hit flash clockworkmod it'll download and give me confirmation of success, but I can't seem to launch it - is it supposed to automatically launch after I enter recovery mode? Was it supposed to change any menu entries after I hit volume up+power?

I ended up downloading clockwordmod as update.zip and running it from sdcard:update.zip

Additionally, Reboot into Recovery from ROM manager doesn't do anything. It asks if i'm sure, I say yes, then nothing happens. QuickBoot however has no problems rebooting straight into the recovery menu though, and I can also do it from ADB. Am I missing something obvious?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgrec92:
Flashing clockworkmod as an update.zip will do no changes to your current recovery.

If you want to replace your current phone's recovery with clockworkmod simply search for unrevoked on these forums.

I have the same problem, it is a bug with ROM manager, you have to give the app superuser permissions before clicking any of the options, so if you were to do this then on your first install of the app click on flash recovery (even if you have it), it will ask for superuser permissions, grant them it and the app will then work fine.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparksalot:
ahh it'd be good if it told you that :P

next I went into it and went to install superuser but of course you need to have superuser to do that :|

But i'm there now, thanks for your help :)
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
So we all been reading about the death grip on the vibrant like the iphones, but speeds are still good and calls don't drop...

Now I think we do lose some speeds as all phones will but I think it reads wrong, heygrl found a secret menu that confirms we're not losing as much signal as the bars are reading....

So what's your opinion...

P.s. I meant to cancel this and make it a poll.. O well....

Disregard thread
[Vibrant General] designerfx:
Dunno. I can't reproduce it, maybe I don't have enough deathgrip practice.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
Gotta be in a not so great coverage area.... I can only reproduce this sometimes... Great reception I can't get it to drop bars...
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
I have amazing coverage, and I can get it to drop simply by touching the bottom of the phone with a single finger. If I'm on a 3G call, it will eventually drop to EDGE (and sound like ****). All that I'm doing, is letting the phone rest naturally in the seat of my palm. Only the bottom half of my pinky finger makes contact with the bottom.

Data speeds are cut in half by the same practice. If I uncomfortably hold the phone horizontally (as if it's in a GPS cradle), and pinch the top to grab it, I pull down 5Mbps and upload at 2Mbps over 3G. When I apply a single finger to the bottom of the phone, those speeds are more than halved, and the latency goes from 56ms to ~400ms.

From the looks of it, I'm guessing it's hardware. It seems as though the phone may be too sensitive. What a shame. :(

I keep hoping that it's something that can be addressed in hardware, but who knows. It's disappointing that no major reviews are really out for the device, and that no news sites have reported the issue.

I love this phone, but I don't think I love it enough to spend $500+ on something that can't properly lock onto GPS, has a faulty compass and 3G sensitivity issues to boot.

Still, I'll ride out my Buyer's Remorse period in hopes that something is announced. In the meantime, the rest of you should call T-Mobile and Samsung to express your concerns.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
It's a software issue much like the GPS and Compass.

Some people are upgrading from old phones that ever saw the speeds the Vibrant can get over T-Mobile's HSPA+ network. The network has ALWAYS been setup to switch calls from 3G when the signal gets low enough.

Is it software or hardware? You tell me! This is on a non-HSPA+ tower.
[Vibrant General] jrwingate6:
I guess some people have this issue and some don't. Looks like you have a bad one Jon C if you are losing a signal by only "applying a finger" to the bottom of your phone. I personally kind of find that hard to believe and would love to see a video of you recreating this problem.

In my case, if I cover the entire bottom half of the phone with my palm, my bars drop but my data speeds increase every time.

Bottom line, I've had the phone since day one and still haven't dropped a call so I highly doubt it is anything hardware related.
[Vibrant General] gthmcty1:
I actually had an issue with my phone and constantly dropping calls when I was on the headset and come to find out that it was because task manager was actually the signal (please do not ask me how) I un-installed TM and my dropped calls ended!!
[Vibrant General] laphoneuser:
+1. I'm experiencing the exact same thing in the Los Angeles area. Doesn't seem like a software issue, though I hope I'm wrong.
[Vibrant General] laphoneuser:
As I mentioned below (or above), I'm experiencing the same thing that Jon C is experiencing.

Not only do the bars fluctuate depending on how I hold the phone (and I'm not talking about any type of "death grip"...normal hold), but SpeedTest shows me that the data speeds are affected as well.

I can do a video, if you really want to see it. Believe me, I wish I was not having this issue, and have zero reason to be making it up.

That being said, the jury is still out as to whether or not this is affecting me in "the real world". I did have a dropped call tonight (the other person was on a land line, so I know it was me), but other than that one, my calls have been pretty stable.
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
Make the video.

If your signal strength is lowered the data speeds are affected.

Once again, the bars are obviously COMPLETELY off. Dropping bars as a measurement to whether or not this phone has a hardware issue is a completely unreliable point to make. You and him both must have defective phones because regardless of the number of bars I have I ALWAYS have connectivity to the network.
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
What reasons would anyone have for making something like this up? I just decided to go out and buy a $500+ phone so I could come here to personally troll you?

The only video camera I own is on the actual phone, so this would be difficult to record. I suppose you'll just have to take my word? I assure you, it is happening.

I'm hoping that it is correctable by firmware update. There are leaked firmwares, which some German users have been testing out. From what I've read, not a single person has had any success, so long as the phone makes contact with their bodies. Every single person (so far) says that, once they touch the device, the GPS becomes unpredictable and unreliable. Otherwise, they are saying that performance indoors increases, and that the overall accuracy and speed seems to be somewhat improved. But again, as soon as the device is handled, not so much. They also mention problems with the compass and overall reception.

Great. :(

Link to various resources regarding leaked firmwares for Europe.

So, that's not the greatest news. I guess the only upside is that we're not alone. But then again, this isn't the first time a product has launched with issues that were widespread, but never properly addressed.

Anybody else find more encouraging news? I'm still waiting to hear back from my Samsung rep. I'll be emailing back in the morning to get an ETA on the news...
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
Just drive around town and the bars do drop.. But speed tests are exactly the same as with full bars... Sure some people lose full signal but that's depending on where they live and the bar thing is a coincidence.... The nexus one did the same but it would switch to edge instantly....

I believe it may lose some signal but not as much as the bars perceive... It don't effect my speeds at all and don't many as we'll.... Surely its miscalculating the signal....if it lost calls or signal I'd return this fast.... My test show its miscalculating and not really issue.....

Ill put money that says it's software... Why else does the secret db menu show different reafings than the 4636 one?